Improvement in children s carriages



J. A. CRANDALL.

' Childs Carriage.

No. 98,670 I Patented Jan] .11, 1870.

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JESSE A. GRANDALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Lettms Patent No. 98,670, dated January 11, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S CARRIAG-ES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Jesse A. GRAnDALL, of

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented anew and improved Perambulator; and do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being .hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improvedperambulator. I

' Figure2 is an'inverted plan view of the same. 7

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding This invention hasfor its object to so improve the childrens carriages known asperambulatois, that the same can be readily steered by the personpushing the same forward. Heretofore, these vehicles have had the frontaxles fixed or hung, so that they could not be swung for steering, andthe hubs of the front wheels were consequently chafed and injuredwhenever curves were described. 7

In order to overcome this inconvenience, I pivot the front axle A, atthe middle, to the frame B, and connect it with the rear handle 0, sothat by means of such rear handle the vehicle can be readily steered.

The most convenient connection for this purpose is to swivel the shank aof the handle in ears I), that project backward from the frame B, and insecuring to the lower end of such shank a forward-projecting arm, (I,which is pivoted to an arm, e, projecting backward from the frontaxle,as shown.

One of the armsis slotted to receive the connecting-pin f, as shown.

Thus, by swinging the handle 0, the device is steered in the desireddirection, and at the same time the handleserves to push the deviceforward.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The handle-Oof a childre'ns carriage, pivoted to the carriage, and connected withthe front axle, for steering the vehicle, by means substantially as setforth.

2. The pivoted front axle A, having the arm 0, in combination with thearm at and handle C, the latter swivelled upon a bracket of arranged asset forth.

' JESSE A. ORANDALL.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

the body or frame B, all

